Rankings #13 ... and who knew?
BATGIRL and That Guy may have been fairly clear cut favorites to grab the WNBL's Player and Coach awards for December but the NBL accolades too are due and much better hidden.
ROUND ABOUT: NBL 11
WHAT a way to close out the 2013 portion of this gripping NBL season with just about every team back in the playoff mix.
Heal, Cole get our community thinking
SYDNEY Kings coach Shane Heal put the cat among the pigeons by suggesting the NBL should play on Christmas Day next year but the responses eventually balanced out to about 50-50.
Rankings #12 ... and no surprises
WHAT an amazing run of milestones for the NBL to close out 2013 on, starting with Wollongong Hawks mentor Gordie McLeod's 650th appearance as either a player or coach, or both!
Ken Cole says switch back to winter
BASKETBALL Australia Hall of Famer Ken Cole had his say today on Facebook about his vision for the NBL.
ROUND ABOUT: WNBL12
IT’S over. The race for the WNBL final four I mean. Bendigo, Dandenong, Townsville and Melbourne. That’s it.
Rankings #11 ... and so much less
OCCASIONALLY I get asked why I love basketball so much and what I see in it and then something like what the Melbourne Tigers did this week for Blair Robinson occurs and the answer is so very crystal clear.
ROUND ABOUT: NBL10/WNBL11
WELL aware the Kings don’t like issues to be over-simplified so I’ll keep this very straight-forward. Cutting Jesse Sanders was a mistake.
Rankings #10 ... and not much else
IF Channel ONE-Ten doesn't understand what "points in the paint" means, why does the network insist on putting the stat up in its "player spotlight" segment during match coverage?
ROUND ABOUT: NBL9/WNBL10
BASKETBALL followers who truly follow the game in Australia will not be greatly surprised to learn Basketball Australia’s High Performance manager Steven Icke has resigned.

